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It’s no secret that streaming TV and movies services like Netflix, HBO Go and Showtime Anytime have a lot of viewers who aren’t paying customers. They’re “sharing” the login credentials of friends and family who are cable subscribers.

For the most part, these media companies have looked the other way. In HBO’s case, one executive even chalked it up to marketing. For the most part, no one’s been able to quantify just how much that “marketing” is costing the streaming industry – until now.

These days, Netflix is best known for its streaming video service and original content that wins it plenty of Emmy Award nominations. But the company’s original business – shipping Blu-ray discs and DVDs to customers via snail mail – is still alive and kicking. Well, at least five days out of the week. In a […] …

• Tech Giants Issue Call for Limits on Government Surveillance of Users – Apple, Google, Microsoft, AOL, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Yahoo have joined together to urge reform of government surveillance policies. See the group’s open letter and principles at Global Government Surveillance Reform • Revealed: spy agencies’ covert push to infiltrate virtual world of …

• Google Puts Money on Robots, Using the Man Behind Android – Google’s Andy Rubin is heading up a project to create more intelligent and capable robots, with an emphasis on their use in manufacturing. • Google is building Chrome apps support for Android and iOS, beta release coming as soon as January 2014 – …

• Apple Buys Twitter Analytics Startup Topsy Labs – The Wall Street Journal reports Apple is paying more than $200 million for Topsy, one of the few companies will full access to Twitter’s complete “fire hose” of data. Topsy’s search technology cold be used to improve Siri, or as part of Apple’s ad services. • …

Netflix looks one way on a Roku, another way on an Apple TV, and yet another way on a Smart TV. That’s not really the best experience, so the company has decided to unify its look across multiple platforms. However, whether you’ll get the new design – which becomes available today – depends on the device you have. …

• Netflix introduces one unified TV interface to rule them all – Netflix wants to unify its look across multiple devices, though to accommodate partners like Apple, only about half of existing Netflix clients will be changed. The update also now tells you WHY titles are being suggested to you. And Netflix On TV Gets …

• Twitter soars to $44.90 on strong first day of trading – Twitter passes LinkedIn in market cap, and almost catches Facebook. • Microsoft releases for download IE11 for Windows 7 – You can download it here. • Hands-on with the Xbox One: Kinect, interface, and OS impressions – Ars Technica gets an hour with …